About the day » Tuesday May 21, 1878Calender converter

• Gerrit Scholten, Alteveer
• Anje Drent, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1878)
• Riemkema, Barradeel,Friesland,Nederland († 1878)
• Anna Wip, Dokkum († 1878)
• Alida Meijvogel, Katwijk {ZH}
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van de Laar, Rotterdam
• Augustinus Ludovicus Mariën, Lier, België
• Albertus van Butselaar, Renswoude († 1943)
• Anna Maria van der Helm, Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Arthur Tilson Shaen Magan, Gorey, Wexford, Ireland († 1965)

• Aart de Kruiff (40), Zoelen
• Arie van Waveren (58), Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (1) Aaltje Duijn (34), Limmen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Antonie Assink (26), Schijndel, Nederland
• Adrianus Dun (22), Schiedam
• Anna Elisabeth Joannes MOUWS (75), Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Anna Gertrud RENCKENS (74), Grubbenvorst,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Tholenaar (66), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Riemkema (0), Barradeel,Friesland,Nederland
• Aart de Kruijff (40), Zoelen

• 1861 » Abel Ayerza, Argentinian physician and academic († 1918)
• 1863 » Archduke Eugen of Austria († 1954)
• 1864 » Princess Stéphanie of Belgium († 1945)
• 1873 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic († 1941)
• 1878 » Glenn Curtiss, American cyclist and engineer († 1930)
• 1880 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian journalist, author, and poet († 1967)
• 1884 » Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and publisher († 1920)
• 1885 » Princess Sophie of Albania, (Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg) († 1936)
• 1893 » Arthur Carr, English cricketer († 1963)
• 1893 » Giles Chippindall, Australian public servant († 1969)

• 1844 » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
• 1858 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783)
• 1862 » John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827)
• 1879 » Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
• 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 » August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
• 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Klaas

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Jacoba
15. Antje
16. Geertruida

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

The temperature on May 21, 1878 was about 10.2 °C. There was 18 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.